The news come by way of fellow Housewife Meghan King Edmonds, who calls Shannon to fill her and BFF Tamra Judge in about a sit-down with Gunvalson.

“I had lunch with Vicki and overall the lunch went well,” King Edmonds says. “I tried to get her side of the story and said, ‘Vicki, you spread this rumor that David beats Shannon.’ And she’s like, ‘But he did. He did.'”

“She also said she has text messages that prove it. And I said, ‘Well, share the text messages, Vicki,’ ” King Edmonds continues.

Shannon appears to think the texts and photos are the same ones she showed Andy Cohen during the RHOC season 11 reunion, telling the girls, “I’ve already explained the situation.”

“That was the darkest place for me,” Shannon said at the reunion through tears as she looked through photos of bruising on her right shoulder and hip when she attempted to break open a door during a fight she had with David after his cheating scandal. “My husband did not beat me. He had had an affair on me and I was doing my best to bring my family back together.”

At the reunion, Shannon also explained a 2003 call she made to police while she and David were having an argument.

“It was nothing physical,” Shannon said. “We had a verbal argument. I wanted the argument to end. … I would never stay in a marriage if I were beat up. I would never teach that to my children.”